Gender, Sainthood, & Everyday Practice in South Asian Shi'ism

Gender, Sainthood, & Everyday Practice in South Asian Shi'ism

Author: Karen G. Ruffle

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0807834750

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In this study of devotional hagiographical texts and contemporary ritual performances of the Shi'a of Hyderabad, India, Karen Ruffle demonstrates how traditions of sainthood and localized cultural values shape gender roles. Ruffle focuses on the annual mo